St. Paul daily globe., 1887-12-02
.NORQUAY WILL NOT QUIT
Unless the Manitoba Parliament Asks
Hfs Resignation.
ANNEXATION MUCH NEEDED.
The Situation in Manit0ba---IdeaS of a
Former Resident of the Terri
tory.


engaged in the practice of his profes-
sion in this city, ''unless the Manitoban
parliament should be convened in extra
session and express lack of confidence
in his administration. And that is not
very likely to occur since the party of
which he is the head has majority in
the legislative body.
But one thing is very certain, and
speak now from knowledge obtained by
a recent visit to Winnipeg and that is,
the Red River railroad project has about
fallen through. From the outset it has
been known that the charter under
which it was sought to build the road
was illegal and that accounts primarily
for the failure of NOrquay to float the
bonds of the proposed enterprise. Dur
ing my stay at Winnipeg L conyerSed
with a number of prominent men of the
province and found that there was an
almost unanimous sentiment favorable
to a commercial union between the
people of Manitoba and the United
States, with a view to the ultimate an
neXation of that portion of Canada to
this country.
1.-The NOrQuay administration has
been strong one in many ways, al
though the people have been somewhat
discouraged at the failure of efforts to
better their condition growing out of
the hold that the Canadian Pacific has
upon their interests. Any relief that
could be afforded them in the way of
railroad competition would be hailed
with delight and would go far towards
settling the question of annexation for
which the people generally are favor
able. For the next fifteen years, how
ever, the Canadian Pacific will insist
upon the enjoyment of its monopoly
granted five years ago, but hopes are
entertained that j. j. Hill will succeed
in his efforts to obtain lOdgment and
establish communication with
TIE GREAT WHEAT COUNTRY
lying contiguous to the Peace river, and
thus reduce the rates of freight trans
portatiOn. As the matter now stands
the people of Manitoba are compelled
to contribute upwards of S3,000,000
yearly in taxation, which goes to OF
tawa, and the difficulty in selling their
crops and the enormous expense en-
tailed upon them for carrying them to
market makes the prospect gloomy
one and this burden very hard to bear.
Being situated so far from the SeabOard,
and the ruling price for wheat so low
as scarcely to pay for making crop,
the ManitObans naturally turn to the
United States for aid in their dilemma,
and think that the only solution of the
problem lies in active railroad cOmpeti-
ton by which freight rates will be ma
terially reduced"
Nothing will induce Norquay to re-
sign the reins of government except the
extraordinary parliamentary session to
which | have already alluded, and If
general election should be ordered his
party would be returned even by
larger majority than they now have.
There are few who declare that they
Canadian Pacific in this Red River rail-
road matter, but after the decision by
the courts recently, sustaining the in
junction against building the proposed
line, they have not been left much
ground to stand upon. One drawback
to Mr.. Norquay, who is One-eighth In
dian, which accounts for his eloquence,
and Seven-eightS Scotch, indicative of
his common sense and ability as a poll
tician, is that when he goes to Ottawa
on business that interests his people, he
is not firm enough when opposed, but
contents himself with receiving about
one-fifth what he started out to accom-
pliSh. There is not his equal, however,
in any sense in Manitoba, and he is ap-
preciated by his people, no matter what
opposition may be directed against him;
but his yielding nature makes all the
trouble. The failure to secure the con-
struction of the proposed Hudson Bay
railroad is also
\ CAUSE FOR DISSATISFACTION,
and the efforts of the Canadian Pacific
have thus far been successful in Staving
off any progress beyond the forty miles
now built, and which are not utilized in
any manner. Future prosperity in
Manitoba demands the annexation of
that portion of the Dominion to the
United States, and until that is done
none of the evils under which the peO-
pie are now suffering will be remedied.
This fact has become more apparent to
me since | left Manitoba and became
citizen of the United States, and when L
returned to my former home short
time ago L could have brought back
train load of passengers anxious to fol-
low my example, if they could only
have been placed advantageously in the
States.
"There is very little immigration into
the province, and matters seem to be at
a standstill, and it is a knowledge of
this fact that eXerts such depressing
ManitObans. At the risk of being called
an enthusiast on the subject, repeat
that annexation to the United States is
the only hope for the salvation of Mani
tOba."
THE LATEST FROM WINNIPEG.
Special to the Globe.
WINNIPEG, Man., Dee. IA crisis is
impending in local politics. In reply to
the petition of members of the legisla-
ture who have gone back on the govern
ment Lieut. Gov. Atkins has summoned
the house to meet in about month.
Gross Irregularities in the administra-
ton of affairs have been discovered, and
public opinion is so strong against the
government that to save himself from
suspicion of collusion, Gov. Atkins has
been forced to take the bull by the horns
and summon the house. 1t appears he
has been grossly deceived by his minis
tiers. In consequence of the discovery
the citizens will not put up cent in
order to carry out the terms of H0lt's
contract to build the Red River Valley
road. Two ministers went to Ottawa
to-day to try and patch up matters, but
nothing is more certain than that Nor
quay is practically doomed and must go
to the wall.